Greece: sun's rays spark Olympic Games flame
Yesterday, in southern Greece, the flame for the Olympic Games in Brazil was lit, using the sun's rays, by an actor performing the role of a high priestess. The torch will be taken by various runners…
Europe and Eurasia brace themselves for impact of nations in transit
The migration crisis and economic problems are threatening both the survival of the European Union and the stability of Eurasia’s entrenched dictatorships, according to an annual report on democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans,…
Pope warns against fortune-tellers
In his morning Mass homily on 18 April Pope Francis said that those who listen to seers do not follow Jesus. The Pope said, ‘Jesus warned us that there will be others who will say the…
Brussels bombing and anti-Semitism
One in four hundred Europeans is Jewish, yet the Jewish contribution to fields of knowledge and culture is disproportionate to this figure: for example, more than one-fifth of the Nobel Prizes for science have been awarded…
